Forget Hardy

[Derek Broughton]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> 
>>> ...
>>> 1.  On the Debian mailing lists of old, newbies often were excoriated,
>>> put
>>> down, with a curt "RTFM".  This is counter productive.  Why do "experts"
>>> ...
>> 
>>    may I take this opportunity to remember everybody that this list is
>>    supposed to be read all over the world, and that therefore, it would
>>    be kind to avoid using slang, as P.I.T.A. or RTFM, thus avoiding the
>>    reader to have to consult a slang dictionnary every 2 mails,
>>    especially in a list with 200 posts per day.
> 
> Are that many really used that if you're using this stuff often you
> don't kinda' learn them like any other industry jargon?

And I'd point out that I specifically use terms like pita, to force the
pitas to look it up...

btw, if you're seeing 200 posts a day, you need better filters :-)
-- 
derek